The Writer's Life 12/9 - Trauma

NFL Week in Review: The Patriots are still the team to beat… The Steelers continue their Jekyll and Hyde season, blowing out the Bengals in Cincinnati, closing to within a half game of the division lead. Not only do they have a great passer in Big Ben, but Le’Veon Bell, in his second season, is as good as any back in the league. He has rushed for 1231 yards, 5.1 per carry, and caught 71 passes for 693 yards… The Seahawks continue their rise but still aren’t where they were Super Bowl Sunday… The Cardinals continue their amazing resilience. They will be tested Thursday night, traveling to St. Louis. The Rams, having posted back to back shutouts, are suddenly scary. Their emergence has probably come too late to secure them a spot in the playoffs, so they can throw all caution to the wind and take chances contenders would be reluctant to try. In a word, they are dangerous… The 49ers seem dead, their offense MIA despite apparent talent. Two years ago they chose Colin Kaepernick over Alex Smith at QB. At present, neither is playing well. Smith has failed to rally the Chiefs vs. the woeful Raiders and the depleted Cardinals, all but ending their post-season hopes. Their wide-outs have not caught a single TD pass all season -- unbelievable in this era.

Political correctness is often nauseating, particularly that practiced by colleges. Columbia University has taken it to an absurd level. The Ivy league bastion is allowing any student "traumatized" by the Grand Jury decisions of Ferguson and Staten Island to postpone exams and assignments. I doubt even eye witnesses were traumatized. What nonsense. I suggest years of psychoanalysis for any student traumatized by the events.

The Senate has released a report on the practices of the CIA following 9/11. Reaction follows partisan lines. Terrorists, who mercilessly butcher thousands, will no doubt use it to their advantage. The left will cite it as proof of the evil of Republicans. As far as I know, none of the tortured were killed. President Obama's drone policy has killed hundreds of civilians. Will there be a Senate investigation of it in the future?

The floating book shop was rained out by a Nor'easter forecasters say will linger another day. This leads to eye strain.

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